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We must realize that in a double or triple bond,       the sigma and pi orbital overlaps, and the electrons contained        therein, are located in the same basic region between the two atoms.       Thus, the four electrons of a double bond or the six electrons of a triple       bond are not independent of one another, but form coordinated       "sets" of four or six electrons that try to get as far away       from other sets of electrons as possible. In an atom's valence       shell, a lone pair of electrons or, collectively, the two, four, or six       electrons of a single, double, or triple bond each form a set of       electrons. It is repulsions among         sets  of valence shell electrons that determine the geometry around an atom.














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